Abstract
This paper discusses H. W. Brands novel The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s,and is a review of the work. Through discussion of Brand's thesis in relation to the work, as well as underlying themes present in the novel, the paper relates Brands' views on the history surrounding the last decade of the 1800s. The paper further discusses Brand's views on this period, as well as offers opinions about the book overall.

From the Paper
"H. W. Brands, author of nineteen books and The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s, has created a work that's purpose is to lead the reader into the past so that he or she is capable of understanding the present ("H.W. Brands"). Brands discusses a period in the American landscape in which the economy, employment, and equality were becoming monumental concerns for the American people. His focus throughout the novel is on providing a journey through the American past that those in the United States can understand in order to better our world today. He further provides an account of events that changed the entire history of the United States and that aided our society in an evolution that was both destructive, and forward thinking all at once. By the 1890s Brands contends that the vast frontier of America had all but disappeared (Lamb 1)."

Tags:brands, reckless, decade

Abstract
This paper takes a look back at the turbulent decade of the 60s in America and explains how what Charles Dickens said in the opening paragraph of his famous novel, "A Tale of Two Cities" might well apply to the 1960s. The paper explains how the 1960s had elements that made it both the best of times and the worst of times and that this decade epitomized the worst and the best in America.

From the Paper
"For average Americans, it was the beginning of a decade that offered a strong economy; plenty of jobs; large families, unprecedented educational opportunities, liberal thinking, liberal political and social attitudes, and plenty of second chances. Before the end of the decade, use of the birth control pill would be widespread (likely helping to ushering the era of "free love" [there was no such thing as AIDS then] for which the 1960's is perhaps most fondly remembered). "No fault divorce" would facilitate the endings of many unhappy marriages, and much of the former social stigma of divorce, with so many now divorcing under the new rules, seemed to disappear that decade. It was as if, during the first years of the new decade, that the sky was the limit, if even that. For all of those reasons, the 1960's seemed then, at least early on, to truly be both "an epoch of belief" and "the best of times.""

Tags:baby, boomers, youth, exploratory, radical, new, thinking, strong, economy, jobs

Abstract
This paper discusses Thomas Wolfe's essay, "The Me Decade and the Third Great Awakening," which was first published in 1976. The paper shows how Wolfe was one of the few to discredit the so-called awakenings as nothing but destructive movements. The paper discussses the content of the essay and the main crux of Wolfe's arguments presented in the essay.

From the Paper
"In this conclusion, we may find a positive comment on the hippie generation and individualistic culture. The real concern of the author is not individualism per se but that this need to recognize "Me" may have gone too far. The desire to be somebody in itself cannot be considered dangerous but it results in serious isolation and unproductive activities some of which are actually anti-social, that is when this desire has gone too far and gives birth to serious of dangerous trends that simply erode the family and social values Americans had once been proud of."

Tags:culture, individualism, isolation, anti-social

Abstract
Cites social, political, economic & artistic accomplishments of the decade. Long-term impact of the 1917 Russian Revolution & growth of power of the Soviet Union. World War I and its effects. Emigration to the U.S. of European immigrants. The Lost Generation. Post war prosperity in the U.S. Effect of Stock Market Crash.

From the Paper
"The issue of which decade should be considered the more influential creates a dilemma, for the 1980s are simply too recent to be judged properly, while the influence of the period from 1910 to 1920 is much more apparent and clearly reached far. The two decades are related primarily because the years between them constitute the lifespan of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union came into existence with the Russian Revolution in 1917 and ended with the breakup of the union in 1989. We know what effect the founding of the Soviet Union had on the next seventy years of history and on much of the world, while the consequences of the breakup are only beginning to be discerned and have only had a decade to make any difference at all. By any measure, socially, politically, economically, and artistically, the period from 1910 to 1920 was certainly more..."

Tags:Market, Soviet

Abstract
The following paper explores two central questions. The first is how Machiavellian argues and supports, in both "The Prince" and "The Discourses," the idea that the welfare of the people is the highest law by analyzing Machiavelli's doctrines and the second is what evidence there is in both works that Machiavelli's ideas were a product of Renaissance humanism.

From the Paper
"One of the most believed scholars in history, Machiavellian, wrote "The Prince" as a part of a larger work which was later known as "The Discourses" According to this work "Discourses", Machiavellian made a great statement of this belief of the political state of the French Empire. His understanding was bolder then that mentioned in The Prince where his argument was more tentative and a bid for a position in Lorenzo's court. Although this view is much merit, it was nevertheless a point of view that was similar in both the works. Both book was intended to inform the ignorant state of self interest aspect of life, and the conviction that man acts through self-interest only when he feels like it."

Tags:material, affects, charity, school, established, 19th, century, criminal, pursuing, writ, divorce, difficulty, woman, partnership

Abstract
A short analysis of the political and cultural shift that the United States underwent during the decade of the 1970s. The paper provides examples of popular entertainment and music, discusses the rise of mistrust of politics and government and considers the financial sphere.

From the Paper
"The 1970s saw a profound shift in the United States cultural and political spectrum. Culturally, the American South began to dominate the national agenda in popular entertainment such as blues and southern rock, also known as classic rock, as well as religiously, with conservative Christians emerging as a driving force well outside their denominational spheres. Politically the 1970s saw a profound distrust of the government begin to take hold among Americans, fueled by the popular backlash against the corruption of the Nixon administration and culminating in a belief..."

Tags:1970s, decade, shift, politics, conservative, south, free market, government, music, entertainment

Abstract
The writer of this paper admits that it is always tempting to say that the future will be better than the past and present; after all, hope is often the one thing that makes the trials and tribulations of the current age endurable. That being said, the writer posits that it is hard to be very optimistic about the near future for a whole host of reasons: the violence in Iraq, the growing tension between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe, the rise of a radical Islamic movement that threatens Israel, the United States, and all of the allies of both lands, the truculence of Russia, an African continent that continues to find itself mired in death and internal decay, and an uncertain, unpredictable North Korea. Given these realities, this writer is forced to grudgingly agree with those experts who believe that the world will become a more dangerous, war-torn, and violent place over the course of the next decade. In fact, the next decade could see the beginning of the end of the "old" Europe at precisely the same time as the Middle East plunges into a new and deadly conflict.

From the Paper
"Lamentably, it is hard to be optimistic about the near future for a whole host of reasons: the violence in Iraq, the growing tension between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe, the rise of a radical Islamic movement that threatens Israel, the United States, and their allies, the truculence of Russia, and an unpredictable North Korea. Given these realities, this writer is forced to agree with those experts who believe that the world will become a more dangerous place over the course of the next decade. In fact, the next decade could see the beginning of the end of the "old"..."

Tags:global, affairs, future

Abstract
The paper looks at F. Scott Fitzgerald's character, Jay Gatsby from "The Great Gatsby", as a role model for American romanticism in the 1920s and an example of capitalists strove to earn money and a superior status in society. The paper discusses the growth of the automobile business in this decade, the amalgamation of small consumer-oriented stores into large "chains", the new grocery Piggly-Wiggly stores, the growth of the advertising industry and the development of the radio. The paper then deals with the political advances of the 1920s, the expansion of the entertainment sector and the state of religion in the country at the time. The paper concludes that this was a decade of excess for some, and frustration and despair for others.

Outline:
Status
Business
Politics
Entertainment
Literature
Religion
Some Conclusions

From the Paper
"One can easily see that the ten years that began with the advent of so much financial promise and good times, and ended up as the beginning of what is called America's "Great Depression" can easily use Jay Gatsby as its poster boy. Gatsby, in essence, is a romanticized hero in some ways, who turned into the sort of "striver" that those born into wealth abhorred. The decade of the Twenties was about getting rich, getting "wasted", getting entertained, and, at the end, getting some hope that the despair that was now creating anxiety and depression from coast to coast might somehow pass you by. Where the idea of moneymaking it, making more of it, spending more of it, was the keystone of the first years of this "Jazz Age" in America, somehow finding money to barely exist on, real money not stocks, bonds or paper promises- was the key to survival as the decade ended."

Tags:status, automobiles, chain, stores, advertising, radio, entertainment

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The paper discusses how the political climate of the 1950s was shaped by the Cold War, the fear of Communism, economic changes seen in the rise of big business and the military-industrial complex and by the aftermath of the success of the U.S. in World War II. The paper looks at the Korean War that started the decade and the foundation for the Vietnam War that was set by the end of the decade. The paper also examines the social change and social turmoil, with the Civil Rights Movement's birth. The paper illustrates how this era was not one of absolute peace, although it is seen as peaceful when compared to the demonstrations and protests of the 1960s.

From the Paper
"A security crisis developed in the 1950s with the fear of communism and the certainty that subversives had infiltrated nearly every facet of American life. The McCarthy era, as it came to be known, was referred to by many as a witch-hunt. This was a political crisis that was used by Senator McCarthy as a way of elevating himself and boosting his career, but the mass hysteria of the time made it possible for him to do this and also caused others to be accomplices in accusing people of being subversives."

Tags:Cold, War, Communism, Eisenhower, Big, Business, Korea, Vietnam, civil, rights

Abstract
In this article, the writer looks at the effects of the next thirty years with a view to globalization. Through an application of the concepts of globalization alongside transnationalism, effective tools or rather brushes are created through which to paint the picture of the next three decades in regard to the development of the world, as a result of the very real vision of globalization that is coming to fruition on a constant basis. The writer maintains that while the current global powers of today may be able to profit in the short-term through the use of outsourcing and other cost-exploitative measures, they will in the end be the exploited as they find themselves unable to perform their own tasks due to a reliance upon foreign skills. The writer concludes that within three decades, the process of globalization and transnationalism will have brought about increased equity in the world which will be of benefit to developing countries, and deleterious to those already atop the pyramid of global power.

Outline:
Introduction
A Decade Forthcoming
Two Decades on Fast Forward
It'll Have Been Thirty Years
Conclusion

From the Paper
"During this decade as the progress of globalization advances, the cost advantage of one country over another is fully taken advantage of, with the practice of outsourcing proliferating. At the current time outsourcing is used to save money in regards to simple operational activities such as customer service and order fulfillment, however over this decade will spread into higher-level applications, decreasing the availability of fairly paying jobs on the domestic market. This the time during which the early period of inexpensive outsourcing goods, such as IT services and process expertise, will be coming to an end, in regards to the cost aspect. Local economies over this decade will learn from the very transnational companies that sought to use them for their cheaper costs. The next decade will experience a balancing of the power in regards to cost advantage, bringing the line back around in its attempt at going full circle."

Tags:advance, outsourcing, global, powers